Concept to Product to Profit
Mr. Bill Seidel
President & CEO
America Invents
Thu, 04/04/2013
Abstract – Do you have a groundbreaking idea for a new product or service? Do you have a prototype and don’t know what to do next? If you’ve never run your own business, it may not be entirely clear if and how you can bring your innovation to the market successfully and reap the rewards. Do you set up your own business? Partner with someone? Pursue a license deal? What resources can help? Your journey begins with the recognition that ideas are plentiful and of little value, while successful products are rare and of great value. You must understand the product life cycle and be able to create a plan that will take you to your destination. Please join us to learn about the pathways and resources available to inventors, and begin to understand what it takes to reach success.
William Seidel. President and CEO of America Invents LLC, has over 30 years of experience in marketing and innovation. He has negotiated and executed license agreements with leading corporations and government entities. He has consulted for national laboratories on commercializing technology, and was a lecturer for 20 years at Berkeley teaching marketing, entrepreneurship & Innovation and at SF State teaching product design and product development. Bill is currently working on his forthcoming book, Productology.
Modeling and Managing Computers' Power Consumption
Dr. Suzzane Rivoire
Assistant Professor
Computer Science Dept., Sonoma State University
Thu, 03/14/2013
Abstract – Supercomputing and cloud computing facilities provide enormous amounts of computational power to scientists and everyday users alike. However, the high power consumption of these facilities threatens their ability to increase their performance in response to future demands. This work, conducted in collaboration with Microsoft Research-Silicon Valley, was the first to quantify the challenges of modeling the power consumption of large-scale computing clusters. We propose a high-level modeling approach to overcome these challenges and validate it across a range of hardware platforms and software applications. We also integrate our power models into a mechanism for enforcing variable hardware power budgets.
Dr. Suzanne Rivoire is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Sonoma State University. Her research interests include power-aware computing, computer architecture, and computer science education. She has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
MIMO Wireless Communication Networks: Challenges and Future Perspectives
Dr. Charan Lichtfield
Visiting Professor
University of Greenwich, UK
Thu, 03/07/2013
Abstract – MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) Technology has long been proposed as a means to increase the spectral efficiency of wireless communication systems and it is presently revolutionizing the world of 4G Wireless Broadband Communications. MIMO enables higher information rates by adding spatial dimensionality which can be exploited to send more information rich signals. This has enabled contemporary wireless communication standards (e.g., WiFi and LTE) to operate within the broadband regime. This presentation will introduce MIMO technology showing how this has been applied to LTE (Long Term Evolution) and, furthermore, expatiate on applications in future wireless communication networks as they march towards the fifth generation (5G). A focal point of this presentation is to present research results for MIMO configurations in Wireless Cooperative Networking and Multiple User Overlays in Very Large MIMO Networks, both of which may find application in fifth generation systems. This research utilized a technology called Adaptive Multiuser Detection which is fundamental to enabling Very Large Distributed Arrays be practically feasible at minimal trade off to performance.
Dr. Charan Litchfield is an electrical engineer with over 10 years’ experience in Wireless and Digital Communication Networks. His research interests include MIMO Wireless Communication Systems, Spread Spectrum CDMA, Multiuser Detection, Adaptive Signal Processing, Estimation Theory and Information Theory. He has contributed numerous publications to high impact conferences and journals as well as leading industrial research in 3G networks focusing mainly on CDMA Multiuser Detection and Digital Beamforming. He has held the position of Senior Lecturer in Communication and Computer Networks at the University of Greenwich, UK and is currently consulting on research projects for Newfield Wireless. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Kent in 2006 where the title of his dissertation was Single User Receivers for Frequency Selective WCDMA Channels.
Metamaterials: A New Frontier in Engineering Science
Dr. Haider Khaleel
Assistant Professor
Engineering Science Dept., Sonoma State University
Thu, 02/21/2013
Abstract – The past decade has witnessed intensive research activities in the field of Metamaterials (MTMs) due to their fascinating and unique properties which are not found in nature. The concept of MTMs has introduced substantial enhancements and novel aspects in the fields of electromagnetics and optics. These aspects include the realization of magnetism at microwave and optical frequencies, negative refractive index, and the ability to control the propagation of electromagnetic waves. This presentation provides an overview on the fundamentals, recent advancements and future directions in the research of electromagnetic MTM. An introduction followed by a detailed elaboration on the design of the extraordinary electromagnetic properties of MTMs is presented. A number of intriguing phenomena and applications of MTMs are discussed, which includes: negative refractive index, single and double negative MTMs and the concept of left handed materials. Finally, an outlook on future directions of the MTMs research is presented.
Dr. Haider Raad Khaleel received the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Telecommunication Systems Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), Little Rock, Arkansas, USA in 2012 and 2011, respectively; and another M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from New York Institute of Technology in 2006. Currently, he serves as a visiting professor in the Department of Engineering Science, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. Dr. Khaleel has published 2 book chapters, and over 30 peer reviewed journal and conference papers on research fields of his interest which include: flexible and wearable antennas; antennas for Telemedicine and Wireless Body Area Networks, implantable antennas, Metamaterials, Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) structures, Artificial Magnetic Conductors (AMC), antennas for MIMO systems, and Global Positioning Systems. He also serves as an editor for the American Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, and as a technical reviewer for many IEEE journals and letters. Dr. Khaleel is also the recipient of the first place award of the Institute of Engineering and Technology 2012 Present Around the World, UALR’s Outstanding Teaching Support Award, and AAMI/TEAMS Academic Excellence Award in 2012.
WAN's Role in the Cloud - Dynamic Optimized Bandwidth
Ms. Elizabeth S. Perry
Vice President
Global Strategic Sales, Ciena
Thu, 11/15/2012
Abstract – The success of public, private and hybrid cloud services will become increasingly dependent on their assured performance capabilities and the ability to respond dynamically to the user’s end application. The broad range of enterprise operational IT applications cannot benefit from the cloud until it offers high levels of performance and reliability on par with or better than those available within enterprise-owned data centers. Data Center Computing and Storage has been virtualized with great success. To complete the building blocks of cloud service delivery the Wide Area Network (WAN) must also be virtualized and bandwidth supporting the WAN must be dynamically optimized. With the WAN virtualized, distributed data centers are able to function as an efficient shared resource pool to address any magnitude of workload demand from anywhere across that geography with assured service performance. Finally, using Software Defined Networking (SDN) to manage the virtualized compute, storage, and network assets as one cloud we can automate resource orchestration on demand per application.
Elizabeth Perry is currently leading Ciena’s Strategic Sales organization focusing on solutions for Content and Media companies, such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. In addition, Ms. Perry is responsible for worldwide sales initiatives regarding Ciena’s Switching and Routing products. Prior to Ciena’s acquisition of Nortel Metro Ethernet Networking group, Ms. Perry was responsible for Ciena’s optical infrastructure and network management Product Research and Development. Previously, Ms. Perry served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Ciena’s Core Switching and Network Management Divisions, which introduced Ciena’s industry leading Core Director product line and ON-Center. With 25 plus years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Ms. Perry has held leadership positions with several Silicon Valley startups, VCs, Ciena, Hitachi and 15 years with Alcatel. Ms. Perry received both her B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering from Southern Methodist University.